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Doctors are being reminded by the Medical Defence Union (MDU) about new rules governing death certification, which take effect from today in England and Wales. The changes mean a wider pool of doctors will be able to certify deaths, reducing delays in death certificates being issued. All deaths will now be subject to scrutiny either… Read more »
The Government has today brought forward a Bill to remove hereditary peers from the House of Lords. Humanists UK has welcomed this move as long overdue reform. But it has also said that the next step should be to remove the 26 Church of England bishops, known as the Lords Spiritual, who also have an automatic right… Read more »
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The branding of schools as “inadequate” or “outstanding” following an Ofsted inspection have been scrapped by the government. So-called ‘single headline grades’ have been in the spotlight since the suicide of the headteacher Ruth Perry. The Labour government has moved quickly to remove them, promising a “broader picture of how schools are performing”. The single… Read more »
The Scottish National Party begins its 90th annual conference in Edinburgh today, the first time that party members have come together after the party’s disastrous showing in this year’s general election. With the SNP having dropped from the 48 MPs that it won in 2019, to just 9 this July, the first item on the… Read more »
